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WHEEL HARROW.

No. 334,165. Patented Jan. 12,1886.

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' WHEEL HARRUW.

No. 334,165. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

Unire STATES HENRY L. EASLEY, OF FREDERIGKSVILLE, ILLINOIS'.

WH EEL-HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 334,165, dated January 12, 1886.

Application inea April 3, lass.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be itv known that I, HENRY L. EAsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fredericksville, in the county of Schuyler and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harrows; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains t-o make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to harrows, and has for its object to provide a simple construction by which the barrow-frames may be attached to the draft-beam in such manner that they may be readily detached, and are secure when in position.

It has for a further object to provide a novel construction of draftbeam and tongue, by which the harrow may be conveniently turned.

It has also for an object simple constructions by which the toothvframe may be elevated and held at any desired point.

It has for further objects other improvements, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2 a plan view, ol' my machine, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of thesame. Fig. Ishows the toothbar connected with a draft-beam independently of the carriage. Fig. 5 is a side view ol' the constructions shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detached section of the draft-bar and a portion ofthe tooth-frame.

The draft-barAis provided with depending hangers I3, the lower ends of which are bent into hook form, the points of the hook being bent back toward the beam, so as to extend over the lower part of the hook and over the bail of the tooth-bar when the latter is caught on the hook, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6. This construction is designed to prevent the accidental disengagement of the tooth-bars when engaged with the hooks, and yet permits the ready insertion and removal of the bails of the tooth-frame. These tooth-frames C are provid ed in their inner edges with the bails C', which are connected with the hooks B in the manner shown in Figs. 5 and G.

Serial No. 161,122. (No model.)

It is manifest that this form of connecting the harrow-sections and the draft-beam may be employed independently of wheels on such beam. I prefer, however, to employv a carriage, and to construct the saine as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. In this construction the beam is provided at its rear end with an axle,

A, extending to the opposite sides ofthe beam, and having the wheels A2 on its ends, as shown. The beam is provided near its forward end with a caster-wheel, D, the shank D of which journals vertically in the said beam, so that the wheel niay'freely turn to follow the direction of draft, as in turning. The tongue E is made in two sections, F and G. The front section, F, is pivoted at F to the section G in such manner that the said front section Amay be turned laterally independently ofthe section G, and at the same time is held from any vertical movement independently of the said section G. This section G is hinged at its rear end to the beam in Such manner that its forward end may swing freely in a vertical plane. This forward end of the section G is held and movable vertically between the uprights of an arch, H, mounted on the beam, so as to firmly brace the rear section, G, when the section F is turned at right angles to the seetion G when turning the harrow. By this construction it will be seen the tongue will rise, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l, and its front section, F, may be turned outward at right angles, as indicated in Fig. 2. The arch H serves to relieve the pivot of the section G from all strain, as will be understood from Figs. l and 2. On the beam, near its rear end, I mount the drivers seat I, near which are secured racks J. Alongside these racks Ipivot the levers K, provided with pawls K', by which to engage the racks J. In front of the levers K, I mount standards L L, provided near their upper ends with anti-friction guide-rollers L. Ropes or chains M are secured at one end to the harrow-seetion, pass thence over the pulleys L', and are secured at their other ends to IOC the levers K. By operating these levers the l 2. The combination ol the single central harrow-sections may be raised orlowered, and draft-beam provided with racks, one on either by means of the racks J and pawls K may be i held at any desired point of elevation.

By the described construction,when the harrow reaches one end of the field the toothseetions may be raised clear of the ground, the tongue turned toward a right angle, and the machine turned almost in its own length. I prefer in practice to arrange a foot-rest in front ofthe drivers seat.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the draft-frame provided with a vertical arch near its front end, with a tongue pivoted to said frame in the rear of the arch to have a verticalv movement between the sides of the arch, said tongue being hinged in front of the arch to swing laterally only, substantially as and for the purposes described.

side thereof, the levers pivoted to the beam and having pawls engaging the racks, the

'standards mounted on the beam and having anti-friction pulleys near their upper en ds, the toothed sections hinged one on each side ofthe beam and adapted to fold toward each other, and the ropes or chains secured at one end to the levers, passed around the anti-friction pulleys, and secured at their other ends to the toothed sections, substantially as set g forth.

HENRY L. EASLEY.

W'itnesses:

A. B. LAWLER, JOHN S. BAGBY. 

